02246nam a2200337 a 4500 ebr10224520 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 071126s2008 dcua sb 001 0 eng 2007047570 9780815755302 (cloth : alk. paper) 0815755309 (cloth : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)614498121 JK1967 .S95 2008eb 324.973 22 The swing voter in American politics [electronic resource] / William G. Mayer, editor. Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2008. xi, 151 p. : ill. Includes bibliographical references and index. What exactly is a swing voter? definition and measurement / William G. Mayer -- Swing voters in the Gallup poll, 1944 to 2004 / Jeffrey M. Jones -- Campaign dynamics and the swing vote in the 2004 election / Michael Dimock, April Clark, and Juliana Menasce Horowitz -- Swing voting and U.S. presidential elections / Daron R. Shaw -- Swing voters in subnational campaigns / Jeffrey M. Stonecash -- Swing voters? Hah! the not very "persuadables" and the not really "undecideds" in 2004 / Adam Clymer and Ken Winneg -- Do swing voters swing elections? / James E. Campbell -- Conclusion : the state of the discussion / William G. Mayer and Ruy Teixeira. "Fills conceptual gap concerning the swing voter. Answers four questions: What is a swing voter? How to identify them? Do they differ from the rest of the electorate? What is their role? Presents a picture of this key political group, tracking them across six decades of national and local elections"--Provided by publisher. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Voting United States. Elections United States. Electronic books. local Mayer, William G., 1956- ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10224520 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 25491 25491